Category: Retirement

Social Security or Insecurity — for Future Retirees that is the Big Question

Today one of the biggest trending topics in the retirement income planning space is Social Security.  Over 65% of retirees received at least half of...

5 Tips for Selecting the Best Financial Planner

Are there fake financial planners? You bet there are and they are extremely dangerous. Fake financial planners provide bogus financial plans that are designed to...

5 Financial Planning Challenges Impacting Retirement – Updated Oct 2014

5 Financial Planning  challenges impacting your retirement years is a must read for Americans who are accumulating assets for their future use. In fact, these...

Maximizing Your Social Security Benefits

Deciding when and how to maximize your Social Security benefits is one of the most important decisions that people have to make.  Social Security is...

Avoiding Probate Isn’t Hard or Necessary

Articles about estate planning tend to put a great deal of focus on avoiding setting up your assets in such a way that your beneficiaries...

Retirement Plans and Employment – The Separation

In my previous article, Why Retirement Plans Need to be Separated from Employment,  I suggested that Congress increase the IRA contribution limits to the same level...

Fixing ERISA to Protect Against High Plan Fees

The Employees Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was created to protect and promote the interests of pension plan participants and their beneficiaries. Unfortunately, ERISA, in...

Making an IRA Part of Your Estate Plan

I’m a big proponent of making  IRA’s part of your estate plan.  They have many attributes a person can utilize when planning for the inevitable....

Why Retirement Plans Need to be Separated from Employment

In light of the Hobby Lobby decision and the discussion of employer benefits, it seems appropriate to address the merits of employer provided retirement plans. ...

TDF risks to your Retirement Savings

We each have only one life path, and we each prepare differently for retirement. Despite claims that investments rule, the most important aspect of our...

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